The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Caraga, through the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST), successfully released financial assistance to various scholars across the region during the nationwide “Handog ng Pangulo,” program held on September 13, 2025.
CHED Caraga facilitated the distribution of financial assistance to student-grantees from Philippine Electronics Communication and Information Technology (PECIT), Northern Mindanao College (NORMI) and Don Jose Ecleo Memorial Foundation College of Science and Technology, under the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) under Republic Act 10931, the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
In a simultaneous event, grants were also released to TES grantees from Agusan del Sur College, Inc., STI-Surigao, and Surigao del NoNorth Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU) Main Campus.